From http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/emailfaqs.shtml
Are shipping and handling subject to sales tax? Effective October 1, 2005, the law provides for a new definition of "delivery charges." For transactions occurring on or after October 1, 2005, handling charges are included within the definition of delivery charges, and are therefore exempt from tax whether or not they are separately stated to the purchaser.
Prior to October 1, 2005, a separately stated charge for the transportation (shipping) of tangible personal property from the vendor to the customer was not subject to New Jersey sales tax. Depending on the circumstances, a separately stated “handling” charge could be considered part of the taxable receipt (amount on which sales tax is due) because it occurs prior to actual shipment. However, when “shipping and handling” charges were billed together, both amounts were considered exempt transportation charges for New Jersey sales tax purposes.
As of October 1, 2006, the exemption for delivery charges imposed by the seller is repealed for taxable goods and services. For deliveries on and after October 1, 2006, if a shipment includes both taxable and exempt property, the seller should allocate the delivery charge based on either the total sales price or the total weight, and collect tax on the portion of the delivery charge allocated to the taxable goods. In such mixed transactions, if the seller does not allocate the delivery charge, the entire delivery charge is taxable.
Considering WordPress.com alone has over 800 million views a week, stats available here. You've got a serious sampling problem. Your website is a niche which skews toward IE use.
As long as I can opt-out of the silent updates, I see no problem with this. The quicker we can get users to update, the better. Developers, on the other hand, need stability and control.
So your end users are running a version or three ahead of you? Typically the developers are ahead of the end users not the other way around...
Thiomersal hasn't been included in vaccines since 1999. And Thiomersal isn't even mercury like Amalgam fillings were mercury. Still plenty of ignorance out there...
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It's because S&H is taxable in NJ.
From http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/emailfaqs.shtml
Are shipping and handling subject to sales tax?
Effective October 1, 2005, the law provides for a new definition of "delivery charges." For transactions occurring on or after October 1, 2005, handling charges are included within the definition of delivery charges, and are therefore exempt from tax whether or not they are separately stated to the purchaser.
Prior to October 1, 2005, a separately stated charge for the transportation (shipping) of tangible personal property from the vendor to the customer was not subject to New Jersey sales tax. Depending on the circumstances, a separately stated “handling” charge could be considered part of the taxable receipt (amount on which sales tax is due) because it occurs prior to actual shipment. However, when “shipping and handling” charges were billed together, both amounts were considered exempt transportation charges for New Jersey sales tax purposes.
As of October 1, 2006, the exemption for delivery charges imposed by the seller is repealed for taxable goods and services. For deliveries on and after October 1, 2006, if a shipment includes both taxable and exempt property, the seller should allocate the delivery charge based on either the total sales price or the total weight, and collect tax on the portion of the delivery charge allocated to the taxable goods. In such mixed transactions, if the seller does not allocate the delivery charge, the entire delivery charge is taxable.
Some people still think that video games are only for kids, regardless of the content of the game. Getting past this idea would help a lot.
The point of free speech to protect unpopular speech.
this TED talk.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html
I think it's time to start calling technology utilitarian and start removing protections before this sector crashes...
It took a lot of political capital to even get this passed. The public option was removed to make it passable.
Considering WordPress.com alone has over 800 million views a week, stats available here. You've got a serious sampling problem. Your website is a niche which skews toward IE use.
If you meet the requirements, why don't you do BizSpark?
Pretty sure Google Apps for Business also meets your requirements, but it's around $50 per year per user.
As long as I can opt-out of the silent updates, I see no problem with this. The quicker we can get users to update, the better. Developers, on the other hand, need stability and control.
So your end users are running a version or three ahead of you? Typically the developers are ahead of the end users not the other way around...
Thiomersal hasn't been included in vaccines since 1999. And Thiomersal isn't even mercury like Amalgam fillings were mercury. Still plenty of ignorance out there...